THE BOOK OF
COMMON PRAYER is one of the major works of English Literature.
Since its introduction in the sixteenth century, it has had an enormous influence on everything written in English. It has gone
through many of revisions, both in England and in the other countries of the Anglican Communion, but the original text is still
comprehensible and relevant.

On this page, we list editions and translations of BCP
texts available online.

GENERALThe Book of Common Prayer
Charles Wohlers's comprehensive and superb site, with links to prayer books used within the Anglican Communion.The
gold standard online resource for versions of the BCP that are not copyrighted.

A
New History of the Book of Common Prayer
Charles Wohlers has digitized and annotated a 1910 edition of this classic historical commentary of the Book of Common Prayer by Francis
Procter and Walter Howard Frere.

The Anglican Eucharist in New
Zealand 1814-1989, by Bosco Peters.
'This is the story of changing from one of the most liturgically conservative, conforming Anglican churches to being one of the most
radical and varied. There are ritual controversies, fights, disputes, and ecclesiastical court cases. Parishioners throw the processional
cross in the river when they object to processions. There is the account and analysis of the heady quarter of a century that culminated
in A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa.'

The
Convocation BookChad Wohlers has digitised this text instrumental in the drafting of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. It 'was thought lost for over
two centuries, but was discovered in 1867 in the proverbial Government warehouse. It was then published as a folio photographic facsimile
in 1870; the book used here is a reprint from a year later'.

Wikisource
includes parts of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. As this project is incomplete, volunteers are likely welcome to add more of the text.

The
1662 BCP as engraved by Charles Sturt in 1717
'There is no actual printing of text —the entire book, including the text, was engraved by hand on 188
silver plates, which allowed extreme detail to be recorded. The entire project took three years to complete and was financed by the sale
of advance subscriptions.' This masterpiece is well worth the time to download and examine; the pictorial engravings are lovely.

Book of Common Prayer Standard
English Project
'an early stage collaborative effort to produce a version of the Book of Common Prayer (1662) which differs (in as much as is possible)
only in having a modernised language and visual format'.

Abridgement
of the Book of Common Prayer (1773)
This Deist-leaning abridgment of the 1662 BCP by Benjamin Franklin and Francis Dashwood is now available online thanks to Richard Mammana
and Charles Wohlers.

1928 (US)1928 Book of Common Prayer (US)
This site contains Morning and Evening Prayer offices with links to the King James Version and the 1928 prayer book Psalter for both
speed and ease of use. Abbreviated Daily Offices are also posted and linked, together with the Ordinal, Catechism, and so on.

www.commonprayer.org
'This Internet Edition of the Daily Offices includes versions of the Order for Morning and Evening Prayer which incorporate the Psalms,
Scripture Lessons and Collect for the day based on the [US] 1928 Book of Common Prayer (1943 Lectionary) and the Authorized (King
James) Bible into the text. The Occasional Offices from the [US] 1928 BCP commonly used with Morning and Evening Prayer, and privately,
are included in their entirety, along with all of the various sections of the BCP useful as prayer supplements.'

1938 (Ceylon)The Ceylon Liturgy 'This [English-language] liturgy was originally developed in 1933, revised in 1935, and finally authorized for
general use in 1938. It is based both on the Church of England's abortive 1928 Liturgy, and on Eastern forms' for use in what is now
Sri Lanka.

1961 (USA)A Functional Liturgy
This early effort in the revision
of the US 1928 BCP was prepared by the Revd Bonnell Spencer of the Order of the Holy Cross. It has now been digitised by AO Editor Richard
Mammana.

1962 (Canada)Canadian BCP parish resources. The Prayer Book Society of
Canada has posted the services of Compline and Holy Communion from the 1962 BCP in files suitable for printing booklets.

1964 (Africa)A Liturgy for Africa
'The 1958 Lambeth Conference set out
principles for liturgical changes for the Anglican Communion; this Liturgy for Africa was the first result of these new developments.'

1965 (Nassau and the Bahamas) The
People's Order of the Mass and Other Prayers
'Bernard Markham (1907-1984) was Lord Bishop of Nassau and the Bahamas from 1962 to
1972; he served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Southwark from 1972 to 1984. This publication from the beginning of his episcopate
reflects the strong Anglo-Catholic heritage of Anglicanism in the West Indies.'

1966 (Wales)
The Proposed Revised Service for Experimental Use. This publication of the Church in Wales is available online in
Welsh and in English. A successor to this Liturgy
was proposed in 1977 but failed to gain approval. A complete Book of Common Prayer for the Church in Wales was published in 1984.

1966 (US) The New Liturgy 'published at the beginning of the process
of revision that resulted in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church USA. While this liturgy retains traditional language,
it incorporates a number of significant changes that distinguish it from its 1928 predecessor.'

1966 (East Africa)A United Liturgy for East Africa
This BCP-based liturgy was prepared for use by Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Moravians and Presbyterians in East Africa.

1969 (Canada)The
Qu'Appelle Liturgy
This 'early part of the process of liturgical revision that culminated in the 1985 Book of Alternative Services
was published during the tenure of the seventh Bishop of Qu'Appelle, George Clarence Fredrick Jackson (1907-1990, diocesan bishop 1960-1977).'

1970 (Papua New Guinea)The Niugini Liturgy 'This diocesan eucharistic liturgy
was published seven years before the formal inauguration of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. Many local languages in this province
have been used for Anglican liturgical translations, but English serves as a lingua franca. This is the first liturgy prepared for Papua
New Guinea that departs from the traditional BCP order in several respects, anticipating changes adopted by some parts of the Anglican
Communion later in the decade. The Niugini Liturgy was prepared and published by the Right Reverend David Hand (1918-2006), whose ministry
in New Guinea spanned from 1946 to 2006.'

1977 (Scotland)
Scottish Episcopal Church Experimental Liturgy 1977
'a transitional revision permitted for use in the Scottish Episcopal Church between the Scottish Liturgy 1970 and the Scottish Liturgy 1982'.

Book of Common Prayer, Version
1979
'This version of the Book of Common Prayer is based on the 1979 Prayer Book, and hopes to provide you with more than just an electronic
reproduction of the BCP. Wherever possible, the pages are dynamic
— pulling Bible Passages from a database for insertion into the Daily Offices
— and interwoven — linking various liturgies to proper prayers, anthems, and other pages or passages.' Provided by the International
Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church.

Kindle
BCP
The 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the US Episcopal Church is now available for purchase and use on Kindle, an electronic book device
developed by Amazon.com.

1985 and later (Canada)Anglican Church of Canada Liturgical texts online
'The Book of Alternative Services (BAS) and supplementary resources are now available
for download. In 2009, the Council of General Synod authorized the online publication of these texts. The goals are to assist liturgy
planners and to encourage future web-based work of liturgical text development.'

BCP2011
'embodies two thousand years of prayer that preserves the beauty of timeless language for the twenty-first century. It has been said
that the Book of Common Prayer is the Bible arranged for daily prayer. The language of the prayers in this edition have been crafted
to reflect the ESV Bible® (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®). The direct biblical quotes of the Old and New Testaments
are from the ESV Bible®.'
This modern-language prayer book, based on the 1549 BCP, 'is for trial use and review by the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican
Church in North America. This trial version has not been authorized, at present, for general use except as permitted by the ordinary
of each diocese.'

Binandere: Doregari
Kotopu (1916)
This translation of the Holy Communion service from the 1662 BCP into Binandere is
the work of Copland King (1868-1918) a botanist, zoologist, and linguist whose missionary life and significant translation activity are
chronicled in Gilbert White's A Pioneer of Papua.

Bislama: Preabuk
long Bislama (1979)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has transcribed portions of the Melanesian Book of Common Prayer in Bislama. Bislama is
an official language of Vanuatu, where it is spoken by about 6,000 people as a first language and more than 200,000 others as an additional
language. (English-speakers may find it fascinating to read some of the text of these liturgies aloud.)

Blackfoot: Blackfoot
Prayer Book (1899)
Portions of the BCP 1662 are available online in Blackfoot, an Algonquian
language spoken in Montana and Alberta. This translation is omitted from BCP bibliographies such as David Griffiths's Bibliography
of the Book of Common Prayer and William Muss-Arnolt's Book of Common Prayer among the Nations of the World.

Cheke Holo: Buka
Tharai Ka Cheke Marine (1973)
This translation into Cheke Holo of portions of the Book of Common Prayer,
with A Liturgy for Melanesia, has been digitized
by AO Editor Richard Mammana and Charles Wohlers. Cheke Holo is used by more than 10,000 people in the Anglican Church of Melanesia's
Diocese of Ysabel.

Cornish: Lyver
Pysadow Kemyn (1980)
Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Cornish have been digitised by AO Editor Richard Mammana, and posted online by Charles Wohlers.

Cree: The 1662 BCP in Cree 'Translated by Bishop John Horden (1828–1893) into the Cree dialect of the area around Moosonee, Ontario (Canada), this edition
was first printed in 1889, and is now available as a image files on-line.'

Dakota: Niobrara
Wocekiye Wowapi
Tthe [US] 1928 Book of Common Prayer in Dakota. 'Missionaries from the Episcopal Church [USA] were quite active among the Dakota, with
the result that many today are practicing Episcopalians. Approximately half the Epicopalians in South Dakota today are Native American.'

Danish: Liturgien,
eller den Almindelige Bønnebog (1896)
This translation of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer in to Danish was published in several editions for use on the Danish islands of St
Croix and St Thomas, as well as among Danish Anglican communities in Canada and elsewhere. [This translation is hosted on Google Books,
and is not available to view or download in every country.]

Haitian Creole/Kreyol: Litiji
Kreyol La
This undated translation into Haitian Creole/Kreyol of portions of the 1979 US Book of Common Prayer is now available online.

Hausa: Addu’a
ta Safiya (1908)
This early translation of Morning Prayer into Hausa is now available online.

Hawaiian: Ka
Buke o ka Pule Ana a Me Ka Hooko Ana (1862)
Portions of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer are now available online in Hawaiian in a transcription by AO editor Richard Mammana, with
an introduction by Chad Wohlers.

Japanese: 日本聖公会祈祷書
The 1959 Book of Common Prayer in Japanese has now been transcribed for online publication by AO Editor Richard Mammana. Although superseded
in 1990 by a contemporary-language liturgy, this BCP may be used in the Holy Catholic Church
of Japan with permission of local diocesan bishops.

Karamojong: Ekitabo ŋolo
ka Akilip (1957)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitised this translation of the Book of Common Prayer iwnto Karamojong,
a Nilo-Saharan language spoken mainly in northeastern Uganda, but also
in neighboring Kenya and South Sudan.

Kwak'wala: Portions
of the Book of Common Prayer: Kwagutl (1900)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized this translation of parts of the 1662 BCP into Kwak'wala,
an endangered language spoken in British Columbia. You know all about Kwak'wala if you have read Margaret Craven's fine novel I Heard
the Owl Call My Name.

Kwara'ae: Na
Buka Fuana Fanga’a Ana Maoma Abu (2001).
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized services from the Book of Common Prayer in Kwara'ae; this is the largest indigenous vernacular
language of the Solomon Islands, spoken mainly in the Anglican Church of Melanesia's Diocese of Malaita.

Lakota: Niobrara
Wocekiye Wowapi: The Niobrara Prayer Book (1991)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized this Lakota translation of the 1979
BCP of the US Episcopal Church for Chad Wohlers' website. 'The Lakota language represents one of the largest Native American language
speech communities left in the United States, with approximately 6,000 speakers living mostly in northern plains states of North Dakota
and South Dakota.'

Lau: Na
Book Fooalaa (1945).
Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Lau, a major language of Malaita Island. Digitized for Charles Wohlers' BCP website by AO Editor
Richard Mammana.

Maisin: Bada
ari Foraga ari Buandi ari nane, ai Totoruga Muanfafusi(1921)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized the Holy Communion in Maisin, a language
of Papua New Guinea. This translation of an adaptation of the Order for Holy Communion from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer was prepared
by missionary priest Arthur Prout Jennings.

Malagasy: Ny
Boky Fivavahana (1904)
Portions of the Book of Common Prayer are now available online in Malagasy.

Malay: Kitab
Sembahyang Dalam Greja (1915)
Chad Wohlers has digitised this translation of portions of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer into Malay.

Malay: Peratoran
Sembahyang (1969)
'Malay is one of the major languages of South East Asia, where it has official status in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei.'
This translation of the orders for Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Holy Communion, Baptism, Confirmation, Matrimony, and Burial, was
published for the Diocese of Sabah shortly after its creation. Digitized for Charles Wohlers' BCP website by AO Editor Richard Mammana.

Mer: Opolera
Wetpur
c. 1957 translation of the Holy Communion service into Mer. 'This language,
also known as Meriam Mir, or Mer, is used primarily on Murray Island ("Mer" in
the local language), the most easterly of the isalnds in the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea.'

Merelava: Na
Buk Tatar (1975)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Merelava, a language used in the Diocese
of Vanuatu.

Mohawk: The
Book of Common Prayer in Mohawk
AO Editor Richard Mammana has transcribed an 1875 version of the American 1789 BCP translated into Mohawk. It is now available on Charles
Wohler's magisterial BCP site. The translation is by Eleazar Williams, an American clergyman (1787-1858) who claimed to be the Lost
Dauphin—the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Moru: Buku Mätu Ro (c
1959)
This undated translation of portions of the BCP is now available online. Moru is
a language used primarily in South Sudan and the Sudanese diaspora.

Mota: O
Book Tataro (1947)
Portions of the Book of Common Prayer are now available online in Mota, the
former offical mission language of Anglican missionaries in Melanesia. Mota is spoken today by about 1500 people on Mota
island itself, and in diaspora communities in Vanuatu.

Nisga'a: The
Nishga Liturgy (1977)
Nisga'a (formerly spelled Nishga) is an indigenous Canadian language spoken by about 700 people in northwestern British Columbia in the Diocese
of Caledonia. 'Noteworthy aspects of this liturgy are its incorporation of prayers for the tribal council, the invitation of prayer
by tribal elders, the inclusion of the bishop under his indigenous name rather than his western name in the intercessions, and the dismissal
blessing.'

Norwegian: Missions-Bog
for Den protestantisk-episkopale kirke
Erik Leopold Petersen (1844-1887) prepared this translation of portions of the BCP into Norwegian. It was published in Chicago in 1875
for use in Norwegian-speaking congregations of the Diocese of Minnesota.

Persian: Portions of the
Book of Common Prayer in Persian (1828).
This translation of portions of the BCP into Persian is now available online in PDF (5.2MB). It was translated by Samuel Lee (1783-1852)
and Mirza Muhammad Ibrahim (c. 1800-1857) and digitized by AO editor Richard Mammana.

Portuguese: Livro
da Oraçaõ Comum
The 1950 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church of Brazil. Charles Wohlers has posted the beginnings of a transcription of this
Portuguese-language translation of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer of the US Episcopal Church.

Selako: Portions
of the Book of Common Prayer in Selako
Selako is a language spoken by over 100,000 people in the far west of the island of Borneo, mostly in Indonesia, but also in Malaysia.
The bishop named in the intercessory prayers is Basil Colby Roberts (1887-1947, Bishop of Singapore 1927-1941), so this allows the possibility
of dating its publication during his tenure.

Shoshoni: Portions of the
Book of Common Prayer in Shoshoni (1899)
This translation of parts of the BCP into Shoshoni was prepared by missionary-translator
John Roberts (1883-1963), with the assistance of native speakers of Shoshoni. It was digitized by AO Editor Richard Mammana. Today, Shoshoni
is spoken by Native Americans in Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho and Montana.

Sikaiana: Te
Kaitapu i Talatala o Sikaiana (1984)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitised this translation of A Liturgy for Melanesia into Sikaiana, a language used primarily on Sikaiana,
a remote atoll of the Solomon Islands.

Sindhi: Portions of the Book
of Common Prayer in Sindhi (1873)
Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India by about 35 million people. AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized
this translation by 19th-century missionary George Shirt.

Swahili: Hiki
ndicho Chuo cha Sala ya Umoja
Chad Wohlers has digitized much of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer in Swahili.
This translation into one of the most widely spoken languages in East Africa was by prepared by CMS missionaries
in the Mombasa Diocese and published in 1943.

Swahili: Njia
ya Ibada (c1939)
Chad Wohlers has digitized portions of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer in Swahili.

Swedish: Handbok
wid Gudstjenstens Förrättande (1879)
'This translation of parts of the 1789 BCP of the American Episcopal Church was prepared for Swedish-speaking emigrants to the United
States.' Transcribed by AO Editor Richard Mammana, the introductory page for this service book includes comprehensive information on
other Anglican liturgical translations into Swedish.

Tok Pisin: Eukarist (1986)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized this translation of the Niugini
Liturgy into Tok Pisin, an official language of Papua New Guinea. (The illustrations are worth a look.)

Tongan: Koe
Tohi ‘oe Gahi mo Efiafi
The Book of Common Prayer is available online in two translations: 1912 (transcribed by AO Editor Richard Mammana) and 1938 (digitized
by Chad Wohlers).

Vai: Kamba Fule Kpoloe (1937)
AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized this translation of parts of the Book of Common Prayer into Vai, a language used in Liberia and
Sierra Leone. It was translated by Alan Russell Bragg and uses a modified Roman orthography rather than the Vai
Syllabary.

Vaturanga: Na
Voihavo Matena na Hahani Tabu (1950)
This translation of portions of the Book of Common Prayer into Vaturanga is now available online. Vaturanga is spoken on northwestern Guadalcanal,
where it serves as an important liturgical language in light of its intelligibility outside of its group of first-language speakers.

Welsh: The Book of Common Prayer
in WelshThe 1662 Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England was used as the Prayer Book in Wales up until 1966, when trial liturgies
were introduced, followed by a Prayer Book specific to the Church in Wales in 1984. Revision is still ongoing, and a new Communion service
was authorized in 2004, in English and in Welsh. Additionally, the Church in Wales has the 2004 Ordinal online, both in English and in
Welsh.

Wichí Lhamtés Vejoz: Thathamet (1926)
Permanent Anglican missionary activity in the Gran Chaco of northern Argentina
began in 1911 under the auspices of the South American Missionary Society. The Wichí
people of this region speak a number of languages; this translation and subsequent Anglican translations have been into Wichí
Lhamtés Vejoz. Liturgical titles and headings in this translation are provided in Spanish.

Yahgan: Oracion
Matutina y Vespertina, Colectas (1900)
This translation of parts of the BCP into Yahgan is now available online.
Yahgan is an indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego; it has just one remaining speaker. (The Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer
1549-1999 notes that it is unclear whether this book was ever published; it was.)